De Standaard called The Slippery Slope (Het Hellend Vlak). In 2004, he gave a series of lectures with reflections on Rubens and modern art in the St. Paul Church in Antwerp. In 2008, he was the guest speaker (alongside minister-president Kris Peeters) on the yearly meeting of the Willem-Elsschot Society. In 2008, he was the guest speaker of the Bomans Society in the Netherlands. He was the host of the Belgian Sports Personality of the Year in 2009. He later became a weekly columnist for Le Soir from 2008 to 2009. Torfs was brought in several times as a guest on De Laatste Show (The Last Show) a talk show on Eén a public Dutch TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. Torfs soon became a frequent guest on some of Flanders' media's prime-time shows, including De Zevende Dag, Terzake, Zinzen, De Pappenheimers, Nachtwacht, Recht van Antwoord. In 2009 Torfs was a co-presenter with Siegfried Bracke in a television program devoted to covering Belgian elections called De Stemming. Between 2007 and 2009, he had his own 'conversation' program at Canvas called Nooitgedacht (Never Thought), a series of 30 in-depth conversations with notable guests, including Wilfried Martens, Guy Verhofstadt, Louis Michel, Philippe Claudel, Kamagurka and Liesbeth List. Torfs was a one-man jury panel on De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (The Smartest Person on Earth), a Flemish TV program produced by Woestijnvis on Eén. Presented by movie director Erik Van Looy, it features journalists, politicians and performers who are subjected to a daunting quiz. Torfs remarked on the questions, answers, contestants, or the presenter. Vlaamse Televisie Academie awarded it the Vlaamse Televisie Ster voor Beste Entertainmentprogramma. Torfs retired from the program in 2010. Torfs has published on human rights, marriage and the benefits of forbearance. He is a formidable critic yet defender of the Catholic Church. He has been noted for his sharp criticism of the Holy See yet has consistently defended the place of Christianity and the Church in society. Politics In October 2009 Torfs told the press that he wanted to bring together people from all walks of life into a new political forum for innovation. He started an informal Think Tank which, if successful, could evolve into a new party for the elections of 2011. However, circumstances in Belgian politics forced new elections scheduled for June 2010. In May 2010, Torfs was offered the second position on the